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Golden Eagle Loop - Fountain Hills, AZ

	2014-01-17
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Golden Eagle Loop - Fountain Hills

Phoenix, AZ

Golden Eagle Loop - Fountain Hills

Phoenix, AZ

Hiking	10.30 Miles	1,642 AEG

Hiking	10.30 Miles	4 Hrs 31 Mns	2.70 mph
	1,642 ft AEG	42 Mns Break

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Dixie Mine Trail - MMRP

Thompson Peak from Dixie Mine TH

Prospector Trail - MSP

Bell Pass Trail - MSP

Windmill Trail - MSP

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Ironically, I did this lasso loop two years ago plus one day. It’s a great, easy hike on good trails, and has just enough AEG to keep it interesting. You get a glimpse of a mine, a constant view of almost all the McDowell Mountain Range, and you go by an old cattle watering hole complete with corrals, water tanks, spring boxes and a windmill.
I did the loop-portion clockwise this time and got rid of most of the AEG within the first 3 miles.

The track is comprised of six named trails and a small portion of the Thompson Pk Road (twice). Once off the Dixie Mine Trail, you just make right turns at every trail intersection and soon you’ll be right back on the Dixie Mine Tr for the return to the TH. Basically, you‘re ‘circling’ the mountain that the Dixie Mine is in (Pk 3025). I imagine the valley between Pk 3025, and East End Pk was once full of cattle, since ranchers went to great lengths to build the corrals, windmill and water storage.

Again, this is a nice hike, on good trails, and it’s a short drive from the Phoenix area.
All good things.

Flora

Flora [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Saguaro - Crested

Named place

Named place [ checklist ]

[ checklist ] Dixie Mine Drinkwater Peak 3914 East End Four Peaks McDowell Mountains McDowell Peak Thompson Peak

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